The May Festival at Chester Racecourse is under way for 2017. There are seven races due to be run at the historic course this afternoon with all eyes on the 3.35pm race - the 188BET Chester Cup - the feature race of the day. We will be providing updates from what is happening in and around the course throughout the afternoon.

5.15pmMichael Green

Signing off

And with that, we are bringing our live coverage of day one of the Chester Races May Festival to a close. We hope you have enjoyed following the tweets, updates, photos and videos from a glorious day at the Roodee. Don’t forget you can check out our galleries and reports on the Chester Chronicle website.

5.15pmMichael Green

Results of the final race of the day

5.05pmMichael Green

Winning ways

4.59pmMichael Green

A day at the races

4.48pmMichael Green

Bus Stop Bar

One of the many quirky food stalls at the event (Image: Ian Cooper)

4.55pmMichael Green

Final race

The last race of the first day of the 2017 May Festival in Chester is the Adaris Global Foreign Exchange Handicap (for 4yo+ rated 71-85 over 7f) due to get under way at 5.05pm